Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: It's Hard To Blame Them...
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:31:24 -0700
Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID: <763c317b8f131c7ec004323ec5652ade5b9772b8@i2pn2.org>
References: <ki3qhj5c64orivs2uhje5bro55b5c2c9j7@4ax.com>
 <c73rhjp3lgdn74kem41108tv9bc2kunjf7@4ax.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 00:31:24 -0000 (UTC)
Injection-Info: i2pn2.org;
	logging-data="374202"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org";
	posting-account="Qhe2PUx7m0g9bYSXAivnRF/BNu0vlRR08ycHrj9WPKg";
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0
In-Reply-To: <c73rhjp3lgdn74kem41108tv9bc2kunjf7@4ax.com>
Content-Language: en-US
Bytes: 3894
Lines: 80

On 10/26/2024 5:49 PM, Xocyll wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
> say:
> 
>>
>> So, there's some new information from Circana (a market research
>> group; it's okay if you've never heard of them) showing the top-ten
>> selling PC/console games from the last 23 years*. I put a list of the
>> highest-selling games each year below.
>>
>> And, you know, looking at the list, I can't help but think. I give
>> companies like EA and Ubisoft and BlizzaVision a hard-time for
>> constantly putting out uninspired sequels year after year rather than,
>> you know, investing in something new that might challenge gamers more
>> than the same ol' pabulum... but at the same time, it's hard to blame
>> them.
>>
>> People BUY that shit. Happily. Year after year. If you have the choice
>> of pouring your heart and soul (and a lot of money) into a new project
>> that may or may not be accepted by the masses versus some garbage
>> project you can easily hack up without much effort, can you really
>> blame somebody if they go the easy route?
>>
>> Triple-A publishers are a definite scourge on the hobby... but we
>> gamers deserve a lot of the blame too. 12 years Call of Duty was the
>> best selling game! No wonder the industry is in the state it is.
>>
>>
>> 2000	Pokemon Gold/Silver
>> 2001	Madden NFL 2002
>> 2002	Grand Theft Auto Vice City
>> 2003	Madden NFL 2004
>> 2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
>> 2005	Madden NFL 2006
>> 2006	Madden NFL 07
>> 2007	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
>> 2008	Rock Band
>> 2009	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
>> 2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops
>> 2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
>> 2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
>> 2013	Grand Theft Auto V
>> 2014	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
>> 2015	Call of Duty: Black Ops III
>> 2016	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
>> 2017	Call of Duty: WWII
>> 2018	Red Dead Redemption
>> 2019	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
>> 2020	Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
>> 2021	Call of Duty: Vanguard
>> 2022	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
>> 2023	Hogwart's Legacy
> 
> I can happily announce I bought exactly *none* of these games.
> 
> Oh wait, older games on list, vice city and san andreas I did buy.
> 
> Interesting GTA 4 is not on the list, which since it would not install
> cause of the need for MS's game service, that they fucking cancelled!
> 
> GTA5 was never even an option.
> 
> Never even thought about buying any of the Call of Shitty games.

I sort of bought GTA V and RDR as I bought a used XBox 360 that had them 
among other games as a bundle.  Didn't finish either though.

The rest nah.

That's a lot of CoD.

-- 
-Justisaur

  ø-ø
(\_/)\
  `-'\ `--.___,
   ¶¬'\( ,_.-'
        \\
        ^'